Merle Travis

Dark As A Dungeon

Merle Travis


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   Co - me  all  you  young  fel-lers,  so  young  and  so   fine

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   And     seek   not   your  for-tunes    way  down  in   the   mine

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   It will  form as   a      hab-it     and seep   in   your soul

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  'Til the stream of    your  blood flows  as   black as   the   coal


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   It's      dark   as    a    du - n - geon    and    damp   as     the  dew

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   Where the dan -  gers  are  d - ou - ble     and    plea - sures  are  few

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   Where the rain  ne - ver   falls and   the   sun    ne - ver  shines
 
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   It's     dark  as    a     dun - geon    way down  in   the    mines


[Verse 2]

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  There is  ma  - ny   a     man  I     have  seen   in   my   day

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   Who     lived  just  to    la - bor     his  whole life a  -  way

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  Like the  fiend with his   dope and   the   drun - kard his  wine

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   A       man    will  have  lust for     the  lure  of   the   mine


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   It's      dark   as    a    du - n - geon    and    damp   as     the  dew

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   Where the dan -  gers  are  d - ou - ble     and    plea - sures  are  few

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   Where the rain  ne - ver   falls and   the   sun    ne - ver  shines
 
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   It's     dark  as    a     dun - geon    way down  in   the    mines


[Verse 3]

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   I        hope  when I'm   dead and   the   age -  s    shall roll

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  That my   bo  - dy    will  black-en      and turn  in - to     coal

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   I   will look  from the   door of    my    heav - en - ly    home
 
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  And       pi  - ty    the   min - er      a'  dig - gin' my     bones


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   It's      dark   as    a    du - n - geon    and    damp   as     the  dew

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   Where the dan -  gers  are  d - ou - ble     and    plea - sures  are  few

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   Where the rain  ne - ver   falls and   the   sun    ne - ver  shines
 
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   It's     dark  as    a     dun - geon    way down  in   the    mines